WEST BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LEAGUE OF FRIENDS

REGISTERED CHARITY NO. 246183

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2008

CONTENTS:

Page

Trustees’ Annual Report 1-2

Statement of the Committee’s Responsibilities for the Accounts 3

Auditors’ Report 4

Income and Expenditure Account – General Fund 5

Balance Sheet – General Fund 6

Statement of Financial Activities 7

Notes to the Statement of Financial Activities 8

 WEST BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
LEAGUE OF FRIENDS
Registered Charity No: 246183

Registered Office:
West Berkshire Community Hospital
London Road, Beenham Hill
Thatcham, Berkshire, RG18 3AS

Annual Report for Year ended March 2008

1. The Charity is administered by a Management Committee, the membership of which is:-

Mr G Picton Chairman
Mrs M Greenhalgh Vice-Chairman
Mrs SM Galbraith Hon. Secretary
Mrs CA Mayo Hon. Treasurer

Committee Members: Mrs R A Bennett, Mrs H Brown, Mr C Byng, Mr A Cooper, Mrs J Edwards, Mr
B D Galbraith, Mrs C Greenwood, Sister Anne Isaacs, Mrs M Jones, Mrs M Kirkham, Mrs D Norman,
Mrs C Taylor, Mrs J Turner.

There are two ex-officio committee members,

Mrs S Bishop Matron, West Berkshire Community Hospital
Mrs S Pickwick Head of Adult and Older People’s Services.

2. The Annual General Meeting was held on 12th July 2007 at the West Berkshire Community Hospital.
It was attended by 30 members. Three committee members who had retired by rotation following 3
years in post were re-elected. They were Mesdames Galbraith and Greenhalgh and Mr G Picton. The
fourth committee member who had completed three years in post since last elected, Mr G Morgan, did
not seek re-election because of other commitments. Mrs C Bertram resigned from the committee
because the family moved away from the area. Mrs J Turner was elected on to the committee. The
officers were then re-elected.

3. The principal objective of the League is to help and benefit patients and medical staff at the West
Berkshire Community Hospital. It seeks to meet its objective by funding the purchase of medical
equipment for use within the West Berkshire Community Hospital and by Community Nursing. This
equipment would not otherwise be available and the League selects equipment on the basis of merit
and need.

4. Following the reorganisation to form the Berkshire West PCT, the chairman and other members of the
committee attended the first AGM of the new PCT in September. Together with the chairman of the
Newbury and Thatcham Hospital Building Trust, Mr BD Galbraith, they were able to describe in full
the workings of the League and the Trust and the support that these organisations received from the
general public of Newbury and West Berkshire. The weight of this support has resulted in one of the
most successful community hospitals in the country.

5. The services at the hospital have continued to expand and improve through the purchase of new
equipment The Treasurer’s report will show that over £180,000 has been spent in the hospital during
the year. This includes an important £112,000 on Endoscopy equipment in the Day Surgery Unit to
replace ageing and unreliable equipment which caused the cancellation of operations. The League is
also able to support innovative surgery. The League funded the purchase of a nerve blocking machine
costing £23,300, again for Day Surgery. The equipment would benefit patients requiring hand or
podiatry surgery. The equipment would allow partial anaesthesia by blocking peripheral nerves, thus
eliminating the need for a general anaesthetic. This would allow patients to return home much sooner
after surgery. As in the past the funds are found by fundraising and generous bequests.

6. The League has concentrated its fundraising on car boot sales, quizzes, coffee mornings and income
from the Tea Bar. In addition the League continues to benefit from generous bequests and in
memoriam gifts by the people of West Berkshire and occasionally further afield. The League also
benefits from its membership and continuing voluntary donations. The current membership of the
 League is 293. The League arranges two religious services every year, a Luketide service at the
hospital in October and a carol service at St. Nicolas Church, Newbury, in December. The retiring
collections from these two events are in aid of the League funds.

7. The League offers the best possible health service to the local community by continuing to supply
equipment that the NHS is not able to supply.

Gerald Picton
Chairman
WEST BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LEAGUE OF FRIENDS

REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 246183

STATEMENT OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE’S RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE

ACCOUNTS

The purpose of this statement is to distinguish the Management responsibilities for the
accounts from those of the auditors as stated in their report.

The Charities Act 1993 require the Management Committee to prepare accounts for the
financial year, which give a true and fair view of the Charity’s financial activities during the
year and of its financial position at the end of the year. In preparing the accounts the
Management Committee is required to:

Select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently

Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent

Prepare the accounts on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume
that the Charity will continue its activities

The Management Committee are responsible for keeping proper accounting records of all the
Charity’s transactions which disclose with reasonable accuracy the financial position of the
charity and which enable them to ensure that the accounts comply with the disclosure
regulations. They are also responsible for safeguarding the charity’s assets and hence for
taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of error, fraud or other irregularities.
WEST BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LEAGUE OF FRIENDS

REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 246183

Report of the auditors to the Management Committee of West Berkshire Community

Hospital League of Friends
We have audited the financial statements on pages 5 to 8 which have been prepared under the
historical cost convention.

Respective responsibilities of management committee and auditors

As described on page 3 you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements. It
is our responsibility to form an independent opinion, based on our audit, on those statements
and to report our opinion to you. We have been appointed as auditors under section 43 of the
Charities Act 1993 and report in accordance with regulations made under section 44 of the
Act.

Basis of opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with Auditing Standards issued by the Auditing
Practices Board. An audit includes examination, on a test basis, of evidence relevant to
amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. It also includes an assessment of the
significant estimates and judgements made in the preparation of the financial statements, and
of whether the accounting policies are appropriate to the charity’s circumstances, consistently
applied and adequately disclosed.

We planned and performed our audit so as to obtain all the information and explanations
which we considered necessary in order to provide us with sufficient evidence to give
reasonable assurance that the financial statements are free from material misstatement,
whether caused by fraud or other irregularity or error. In forming an opinion we also
evaluated the overall adequacy of the presentation of information in the financial statements.

Opinion
In our opinion the financial statements give a true and fair view of the charity’s state of
affairs as at 31st March 2008 and of its income and expenditure in the year then ended and
have been properly prepared in accordance with Charities Act 1993

107 HIGH STREET BRADING CRYER

HUNGERFORD CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
BERKS, RG17 0ND AND REGISTERED AUDITORS

21st MAY 2008

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WEST BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LEAGUE OF FRIENDS

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT

GENERAL FUND
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2008.

Income 2008 2007

Subscriptions 893 881

General Donations 4,900 8,107
Legacies 57,000 5,300
Gift Aid (including tax repaid) 2,059 1,732
In Memoriam 1,578 13,182
Tea Bar 7,949 9,863
Christmas Appeal 280 135
Boot Sales 2,580 2,701
Carol Service 538 389
Coffee Mornings 954 -
Equipment Fund Donations - 29
Luktide Service 72 4
Quiz Evening 998 776
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79,801 43,099

Interest Received
Standard Life Bank 661 981
Newbury Building Society 7,752 10,281
Investments – Richard and Edith
Tombs Bequest 1,037 2,486
Alliance & Leicester 4,076 281
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13,526 14,029
______ ______

93,327 57,128
Expenditure

Equipment 179,337 86,448

Administration and Expenses 1,562 730
______ ______
180,899 87,178
_______ ______

(Deficit) for the Year (87,572) (30,050)

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WEST BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LEAGUE OF FRIENDS

BALANCE SHEET
GENERAL FUND
AS AT 31 MARCH 2008

2008 2007

Current Assets

Cash at Bank and Building Society 210,246 284,267

Investments – Richard and Edith
Tombs Bequest 9,330 17,223
Debtors 45 86
________ ________

219,621 301,576

Current Liabilities

Creditors (650) (600)

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218,971 300,976
_______ ________
Represented by:

General Fund
Opening Balance 300,976 331,026
Gain on redemption of investment 5,567 -
(Deficit) for the year (87,572) (30,050)
_______ ________

218,971 300,976
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WEST BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY HOSPTIAL LEAGUE OF FRIENDS

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2008

Unrestricted 2007
Funds Total Funds
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Income (Note 1) 93,327 57,128

Expenditure (Note 2) 180,899 87,178

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Net income before

transfers (87,572) (30,050)
Gross transfer between
funds - -

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Net income before

investment asset disposals (87,572) (30,050)

Disposals of
investment assets (Note 3) 5,567 -

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Net movement in funds (82,005) (30,050)

Total funds brought forward 300,976 331,026
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Total funds carried forward 218,971 300,976

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WEST BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LEAGUE OF FRIENDS

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES – NOTES

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2008

1. Income – Unrestricted Funds

Donations 7,852
Legacies 57,000
In Memoriam 1,578
Fund-Raising Events 13,371
Bank Interest 12,489
Dividends 1,037
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93,327
_______

2. Expenditure – Unrestricted Funds

Equipment , etc. 179,337

Audit Fee 708
Miscellaneous 854
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180,899
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3. Investments – Unrestricted Funds

Richard and Edith Tombs Bequest

Cost at 1 April 2007 17,223
8½ % Treasury Stock 2007 Redeemed
- Original Cost 7,893
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Cost at 31 March 2008 9,330

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Nominal Value of Redeemed Stock 13,460

Cost 7,893
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Gain 5,567
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